'Look at him off Emmerdale': Fans of the soap star rushed to leave gushing compliments about his hunky physique under his string of Instagram posts

Ned made his acting debut in medical drama Holby City as Rufus Lucas back in September 2015.

The actor went onto secure a brief stint in EastEnders where he played guest character role Mark Fowler on Albert Square.

It kept the hunk busy between August and September 2016 when he filmed the 13 episodes for the beloved British soap.

Hunk alert: So it is no surprise the Emmerdale hunk even caught the eye of Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid in late January when his topless scene aired on the soap

The EastEnders guest star found his feet on rival soap Emmerdale the following September in 2017, just a year later.

Ned is at the knife's edge of a plot twist which saw his cunning and deceptive character Tom Waterhouse exposed as missing village child Joseph Tate from 2005.

He explained how he had to keep the secret tightly under wraps, even from his family, to ensure it was fresh for viewers at home.

Revealed: Ned is at the heart of an exciting plot twist which saw his cunning and deceptive character Tom Waterhouse exposed as missing village child Joseph Tate from 2005

Ned told Digital Spy in January: 'From the off, I did. I remember in the first press junket I had to do when I first arrived in the show, there was a lot of questions coming my way and I had to be like: "There's not much I can say!"

'I was pretty good at holding it from my family, because my mum is a notorious chatterbox! The entire time, I was telling her there would be a twist and something would come out.

'She'd ring me once a week saying: "You can tell me, what's the storyline?" I told my dad, but he forgot twice!'

Smoldering: And he is also something of an Instagram star with fans flocking to compliment his shirtless appearance with gushing comments